#310 - "You Wreck Me" - Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers - Wildflowers - #12/17 - An underrated Petty classic, "Wreck" was the most straight-forward rock song on Tom's solo album featuring a blistering guitar lick and a great chorus.
#309 - "Ever Fallen In Love" - The Buzzcocks - Singles Going Steady - #1/2 - One of the most overlooked punk bands of the 77 scene, The Buzzcocks had an uncanny pop sensibility that led them to create two of the greatest punk songs of the 70's. The other one is coming up pretty soon.
#308 - "Jesus Walks" - Kanye West - The College Dropout - #2/2 - Kanye's first big hit is also his best as he mixes military beats with his best lyrics to create a new kind of hip hop.
#307 - "I Heard It Through The Grapevine" - Marvin Gaye - Greatest Hits - #1/2 - One of the biggest stars of Motown had one of the great songs of the era with this all-time R&B classic about a cheating partner.
#306 - "Monkey Gone To Heaven" - The Pixies - Doolittle - #3/8 - It's not their most well-known song, but "Monkey" is one of their best-written songs and featured some of their most clever song lyrics and a bizarre song structure.
#305 - "Spoonman" - Soundgarden - Superunknown - #5/11 - Though panned by Blender as one of the worst-written songs of all-time, I've always been a huge fan of this pulsing grunge hit that showcases some great guitar riffs and Cornell's insane vocals.
#304 - "When The Levee Breaks" - Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppein IV - #15/24 - The slow-paced blues rock monstrosity that closed out the all-time classic Zeppelin IV album, "Levee" is a thundering heavy metal beast with Dylan caliber lyrics.
#303 - "The Hardest Button To Button" - The White Stripes - Elephant - #6/10 - For a band that was previously best known for it's rapid-fire punk by way of classic rock songs like "Fell In Love With A Girl" and "Hotel Yorba", The White Stripes took a detour into the world of crunchy classic rock with this unusually long "epic" from their finest album.
#302 - "Disarm" - The Smashing Pumpkins - Siamese Dream - #2/7 - An early career high point, "Disarm" was the song that proved that there was more to the Pumpkins than just a radio-friendly version of My Bloody Valentine as the band slowed the song down and cranked out one of their best-written songs to that point.
#301 - "Burden In My Hand" - Soundgarden - Down On The Upside - #6/11 - The first single off of the band's last and best album, "Burden In My Hand" became a huge success with it's soaring lyrics and incredible vocals from the always reliable Chris Cornell.
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